UTICA, N.Y. -- Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency in Oneida and Lewis counties. This declaration also includes the following counties: Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Allegany, Jefferson, and Oswego.

More than a dozen counties are under a state of emergency as areas of upstate New York could receive multiple feet of snow.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday evening declared a state of emergency across much of Upstate and Western New York as a lake effect snowstorm and frigid arctic air arrive. The emergency declaration is for Allegany,